Cryptic speciation in a benthic isopod from Patagonian and Falkland Island waters and the impact of glaciations on its population structure

Table 1 Sampling sites (PA = Strait of Magellan near Punta Arenas, AO = Atlantic opening of the Strait of Magellan, FI = Falkland Islands).

Region	Depth [m]	Year	Cruise	N_MSAT	N_mtDNA
Strait of Magellan near Punta Arenas	8 m	1996	SCUBA diving (CH)	35	27
Opening of the Strait of Magellan to the Atlantic Ocean	<20 m	2003	2nd Cruce Estrecho	33	22
West Falkland Islands	15 m	2004	ICEFISH 2004	23	22

Numbers of specimens studied using nuclear microsatellite markers (N_Msat and mitochondrial markers (N_mtDNA) of the populations of S. paradoxa investigated in this study.

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